Cynthia Menard

Hello! I’m Cynthia, a Reiki Master, shaman, and educator. Through my practice, Inkwood Healing, I offer energy healing, shamanic body consciousness sessions, classes, and ceremonies.

I began Inkwood in 2020 with part-time tarot readings. In 2022, following guidance from a shamanic ancestor, I shifted Inkwood into a full-time healing practice, adding distance Reiki sessions to my offerings. In 2023, Inkwood Healing moved into A Healing Vibration in Westford, MA where I now offer in-person healing sessions and classes.

I am a practicing Reindeer Shaman from a formerly extinct line of Nordic/Arctic shamans. I was connected with this lineage in a past life many millennia ago, when I died during a test of strength in my shamanic initiation. My then-shamanic guardian and teacher became my maternal grandfather in this life. He contacted me in 2022, thirty years after his death, to bring me back onto the path of Reindeer Shamanism.

My shamanic work focuses on bringing the magic of Reindeer Medicine back to the world at a time when we need it most. Visit my Shamanic Offerings page to learn more about what I offer.

I grew up just outside NYC and now live in northern Massachusetts with my wonderful husband, two teen kids, and a big, bouncy Czech-bred German Shepherd named Thorin.

I have a master’s degree in Conservation Biology and worked as a naturalist for 15 years before starting up Inkwood.

I am honored to work part-time as the Education Director for a small Unitarian Universalist church in central MA, in addition to my work at Inkwood. This work supports and affirms my faith as I work directly with youth to help them find their spiritual way in the world.

Some of my other passions include hiking, practicing martial arts, playing fiddle, and spending as much time outdoors as possible.